{"id":9021,"date":"2024-03-11T14:33:47","date_gmt":"2024-03-11T18:33:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ontariocourts.ca\/coa\/?page_id=9021"},"modified":"2024-12-13T10:18:49","modified_gmt":"2024-12-13T15:18:49","slug":"reference-coa-24-cv-0185","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ontariocourts.ca\/coa\/decisions_main\/reference-coa-24-cv-0185\/","title":{"rendered":"Reference re online gaming and international play (COA-24-CV-0185)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Government of Ontario has made a reference to the Court of the Appeal for Ontario, asking a question about permitting international play in an online provincial lottery scheme.<\/p>\n<p>The Government of Ontario, by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ontario.ca\/orders-in-council\/oc-2102024\">Order in Council 210\/2024<\/a>\u00a0dated the 2nd day of February 2024, has referred to the Court of Appeal the following question:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Would legal online gaming and sports betting remain lawful under the <em>Criminal Code<\/em> if its users were permitted to participate in games and betting involving individuals outside of Canada as described in the attached Schedule [to the Order-in-Council]? If not, to what extent?<\/p>\n<p>See the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ontario.ca\/page\/schedule-order-council-2102024\">schedule<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Attorney General of Ontario has submitted a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ontariocourts.ca\/coa\/files\/reference\/C24-CV-0185.SOP.pdf\">Statement of Particulars<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Justice van Rensburg made a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ontariocourts.ca\/coa\/files\/reference\/OOA.COA-24-CV-0185.1.MAR.24.pdf\">procedural order<\/a> on March 1, 2024 and issued endorsements on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ontariocourts.ca\/coa\/files\/reference\/ENDORSEMENT.COA-24-CV-0185.MAY.3.2024.pdf\">May 3, 2024<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/coadecisions.ontariocourts.ca\/coa\/coa\/en\/item\/22549\/index.do\">July 16, 2024<\/a>, and case management directions on \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ontariocourts.ca\/coa\/files\/reference\/COA-24-CV-0185-case-mgmt-directions-OCT.1.2024.pdf\">October 1, 2024.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The online gaming reference was heard by the Court of Appeal for Ontario November 26-28, 2024, and is currently under reserve.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Record of the Attorney General of Ontario<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ontariocourts.ca\/coa\/files\/reference\/COA-24-CV-0185\/ROA-VOL1.pdf\">Volume One<\/a>;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ontariocourts.ca\/coa\/files\/reference\/COA-24-CV-0185\/ROA-VOL2.pdf\">Volume Two<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Record of the Atlantic Lottery Corporation, British Columbia Lottery Corporation, Lotteries and Gaming Saskatchewan and Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries Corporation<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ontariocourts.ca\/coa\/files\/reference\/COA-24-CV-0185\/ALC-RECORD.pdf\">Volume One (of One)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Factums<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ontariocourts.ca\/coa\/files\/reference\/COA-24-CV-0185\/FAP.COA-24-CV-0185.pdf\">Factum of the Attorney General of Ontario<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ontariocourts.ca\/coa\/files\/reference\/COA-24-CV-0185\/FOI.CLC Members.COA-24-CV-0185.pdf\">Factum of the Atlantic Lottery Corporation Inc., British Columbia Lottery Corporation, Lotteries and Gaming Saskatchewan Corporation and Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries Corporation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ontariocourts.ca\/coa\/files\/reference\/COA-24-CV-0185\/FOI.CGA.COA-24-CV-0185.pdf\">Factum of the Canadian Gaming Association<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ontariocourts.ca\/coa\/files\/reference\/COA-24-CV-0185\/FOI.FLUTTER.COA-24-CV-0185.pdf\">Factum of Flutter Entertainment plc<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ontariocourts.ca\/coa\/files\/reference\/COA-24-CV-0185\/FOI.MOHAWK.COA-24-CV-0185.pdf\">Factum of Mohawk Council of Kahnaw\u00e0:ke<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ontariocourts.ca\/coa\/files\/reference\/COA-24-CV-0185\/FOI.NSUS.COA-24-CV-0185.pdf\">Factum of NSUS Group Inc. and NSUS Limited<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ontariocourts.ca\/coa\/files\/reference\/COA-24-CV-0185\/FAP.Reply.COA-24-CV-0185.pdf\">Reply Factum of the Attorney General of Ontario<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ontariocourts.ca\/coa\/files\/reference\/COA-24-CV-0185\/FOI.COA-24-CV-0185.pdf\">Reply Factum of the Atlantic Lottery Corporation Inc., British Columbia Lottery Corporation, Lotteries and Gaming Saskatchewan Corporation and Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries Corporation<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Government of Ontario has made a reference to the Court of the Appeal for Ontario, asking a question about&#46;&#46;&#46;","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"parent":1530,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"full-width-page-template.php","meta":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.10 - 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